Pasco teen pleads guilty to malicious mischief

A Pasco teen admitted this week that he caused at least $2,700 in damage to Memorial Park in November when he helped shoot out lights with a pellet gun.

Eduardo Rios, 19, was in Franklin County Superior Court to enter an innocent plea.

Instead, he told the judge he wanted to get the case over with and pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree malicious mischief.

Rios faces up to two months in the county jail at his Dec. 3 sentencing. Prosecutors said in court documents they will recommend a 30-day term, with credit for the time he's has spent behind bars since his Nov. 14 arrest.

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